[MITgcm-devel] NML_TERMINATOR

[Samar Khatiwala]

Hi Martin

In my experience, the -DNML_TERMINATOR option does not work with xlf,  
and there
is no xlf compiler flag that lets you change the terminator. Rather  
than take any risks,
I simply use "/" in all my data files.

Samar

On Nov 17, 2005, at 1:41 PM, Martin Losch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have encountered a (possibly unimportant) error message, when  
> using the MITgcm with the IBM xlf (on an AIX SP4). I use the flag - 
> DNML_TERMINATOR to take into account that xlf wants ' /' instead of  
> ' &' to end a namelist (see tools/build_options/sp4+mpi_edvir1).  
> With this flag, testreport works, but I still have this error message:
>> 1525-090 The NAMELIST READ statement cannot be completed because  
>> an incorrect character was encountered in a NAMELIST group name or  
>> item name.  The program will recover by discontinuing further  
>> processing of the READ statement.
> This error message appears because there are a few instances (e.g.,  
> verification/global_ocean.90x40x23/input/data.gmredi) where the  
> namelist is terminated by something like ' &end' instead if ' &'.  
> So far so good, but I can only hope that this doesn't affect the  
> solutions.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Martin
>
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